Jennifer Williams

An Extension Service horticulturist with Oregon State University produced 11 short videos to show interested individuals the correct way to prune a tree. Nicole Sanchez produced the series, called Pruning With the Pros, to offer tips and tricks for those interested in learning every aspect they nee…

The Corvallis City Council approved a resolution that will increase the amount the city receives from payments to Benton County through local lodging taxes. In a memo to the council from Ryan Seidl, Finance Director with the City of Corvallis, of the $927,000 in appropriations for Special Payments…

Lawmakers in Oregon have reached an agreement on a plan to spend $12.8 million towards funding portions of the state’s public defense system amid a statewide shortage of public defenders. Governor Kate Brown and lawmakers introduced the plan to fund the Office of Public Defense Services, an indepe…

At their Feb. 15 meeting, the Benton County Board of Commissioners approved a Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) towards recovery from the impacts of the pandemic to individuals, businesses, and families throughout the county. The board approved funding of up to $2.4 million in grants from Cor…

SPECIAL REPORT: In 2018, 2019 and 2020 the M.E.N. revealed the plight faced by rocketing numbers of homeless Mancunian families. The situation now feels increasingly out of control, raising deeper questions about the city’s future

Feb. 13, 2022 United States: Cumulative Cases: 79,293,924, Cumulative Deaths: 942,944 World: Cumulative Cases: 410,837,662, Cumulative Deaths: 5,829,542 Over the course of the last week, there have been 14,857,117 new reported cases of Covid in the world, and an additional 70,841 reported deaths. …

CD sales saw a year to year increase in sales last year for the first time in nearly two decades.

From the exploitation of Africans by the European colonial project to the American empire’s “long war on terror,” here are a few entry points.

EXCLUSIVE: Fast-growing Louisville company Cuddle Clones sold  The Business Journals

The Buy Nothing Project is a “Gift Economy” where members of the community can give or receive pretty much anything you can think of.

The Corvallis City Council will look at a resolution at their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 18, affirming the city’s stance against hate crimes following a number of hate–related incidents that have occurred in recent months. In a memo to the Council, Mayor Biff Traber said the Council needs to affirm …

A recent study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask actually increases your attractiveness.

Jan. 9, 2022 United States: Cumulative Cases: 60,954,028, Cumulative Deaths: 859,046 World: Cumulative Cases: 306,040,877, Cumulative Deaths: 5,502,668 To date, the U.S. accounts for more than 15.6% of all Covid deaths worldwide. The U.S. population is just above 4% of the total world populatio…

There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding The Preserve Housing Development envisioned to be built near McDonald Forest, above Timberhill off of 29th St. The online group Saving Open Space Corvallis has expressed concern that the current plan will take away the two access points into the forest…

The education and professional development of Oklahoma’s English teachers have been corrupted by radical politics.

Three patients out of Salem have tested positive for Candida Auris, a serious fungal infection, according to a release from the Oregon Health Authority. These were the first cases of this infection in the state of Oregon. OHA is investigating the recent outbreak following the first detected case at …

Correction: In our original article, we said that Pat Malone was a Republican. He is a Democrat. This has been corrected. Helen Higgins, currently the CEO for the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis, has announced her intention to run in the May 17 Democratic primary election for the role of Benton Count…

We were devastated to hear bell hooks—scholar, writer, activist and feminist legend—died on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at her home. She was 69. In this beloved interview from the Spring 2011 issue of Ms. between hooks and Jennifer D. Williams, hooks frankly shares her bold takes on the past, present and fu…

Jennifer Williams writes that to begin to address the inequality facing millions of LGBTQ Americans, Congress must take bipartisan action and pass federal nondiscrimination legislation to protect them in access to health care, housing and more.

Hydrogen can be cleanly produced with much greater efficiency and at a lower cost than is possible with current commercially available catalysts according to researchers at Oregon State University. OSU College of Engineering’s Researcher Zhenxing Feng led the research. “We found at least two group…